The skeleton, found at an excavation near the Sea of Galilee is believed to be that of a woman around 45 years old. The bones were found in a carefully carved oval grave with the skull resting on a tortoise shell. An additional 49 tortoise shells were in the grave, along with items such as a pestle and mortar and leopard pelvis.

This is the first proof ever of “such a kind of behavior” within this hunter-gatherer group. Keywords: first, religion, spirit, witch, medicine, shaman, doctor, woman, 12,000 years before Sarah Palin, leopard pelvis, cow tail, eagle’s wing.